Washington, D.C., July 1, 2009 – FBI special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 “casual conversations” with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. troops in December 2003, according to secret FBI reports released as the result of Freedom of Information Act requests by the National Security Archive and posted today on the Web at www.nsarchive.org.
Linky: Saddam Hussein Talks to the FBI
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Received an email with bunch of pictures of military guys having fun. I have never thought military people have a real sense of humor, seems like i was mistaken.


Linky :
1) http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/funny.military.htm
2) http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/funny.military.2.htm
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A nice piece by Marie Colvin for TimesOnline.uk about defeating the terrorists in Iraq. One thing that always keeps me wondering is where do they come up with all the numbers. For example, how do they know how many more terrorists left alive or how many were there a few months ago ? Do they walk in ask them the latest census ?
American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror.
After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul.
A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10.
Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects.
Link: Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda
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